#Communications
Effective communication in HSE: risk visualization, remote notification tools, training via mobile messengers, and building transparent incident reporting. This section compiles the experience of enterprises moving from paper reports to a unified information field, where every employee is engaged in dialogue and promptly receives vital statistics.
Safety Ambassadors Internship at the Kola Site
Participants of the "Safety Ambassadors" project from the "Prevention and Mentorship" track completed an internship in the transport safety department of the Kola site. During territory rounds, incoming vehicle inspection, and participation in Occupational Health and Safety Day, the ambassadors studied practical aspects of the work of the Industrial Safety Department's units. The article tells how this experience helps ambassadors implement best practices and develop internal company interaction...
While the Lion Slept, the Monkey Ruled the Forest. Part 3
The article discusses practical ways to change the approach to workplace safety, taking into account the real tasks of managers. The author explains how to make safety a tool for business success by solving everyday production problems, involving leaders as co-authors, and rejecting formal paper rituals. Instead of imposing regulations, it is proposed to build trust, prove value with real results, and rely on respect for the reality of others.
While the Lion Slept, the Monkey Ruled the Forest. Part 2
The article analyzes psychological barriers and key shortcomings of occupational health and safety specialists that cause initiatives to face resistance from middle management and production teams. The material examines in detail why safety measures lack proven effectiveness, authority, and consideration of the real tasks of local managers. The author shows how formalism, systemic errors in implementing changes, and a lack of interaction with leaders lead to a loss of trust in safety processes.
Tremendous Results of Implementing the Automated Communication Compatibility Assessment System!
The article is dedicated to the application of an automated complex for assessing communicative compatibility to form effective teams and prevent occupational injuries. The implementation of this tool allows for the timely identification of employees in need of support, increases satisfaction with interpersonal relationships in the team by 15%, and prevents accidents. The practical benefits of the complex are examined for enterprises with a high risk of injury, as well as the healthcare, educati...
SOCIOMETRY: A Revolution in Work Team Formation!
The article is devoted to the practical application of an automated complex for assessing communicative compatibility to form an optimal composition of work crews based on sociometry. The system visualizes the psychological climate, calculates indices of sociometric status and group cohesion, and also identifies leaders and employees requiring adaptation. The experience of implementing the development at LLC Gazprom Transgaz Yugorsk confirms its effectiveness in eliminating interpersonal conflic...
While the Lion Slept, the Monkey Ruled the Forest. Part 1
The article is devoted to analyzing the reasons why production managers are reluctant to change their approaches to corporate safety and often treat implemented practices formally. The author explains the difficulties of implementing changes, dividing them into shortcomings of the initiators, the psychology of perception, and biological factors of human behavior. The material helps to understand the nature of resistance to authority and the specifics of working with cognitive biases when impleme...
The Deep Roots of Workplace Tragedies: Digging to the Very Core!
The article presents the results of an analysis of the root causes of occupational injuries at a fuel and energy complex enterprise for 2006–2023 using the "5 Whys?" and logical-graphical modeling methods. The study showed that the lack of communicative compatibility among workers is one of the main root causes of incidents and significantly affects the risk of injury. The author emphasizes the importance of assessing the communicative compatibility of personnel as a key direction for improving...
Monthly Employee Communications (Online Format)
The article describes the practice of holding monthly 40-minute online "EHS-update" meetings to inform employees about work results and plans in the field of occupational health and safety, environmental protection, and industrial safety. The author shares the presentation structure, which includes five-minute safety briefings, performance statistics, incident breakdowns, as well as sections featuring personal experience and expressions of gratitude to colleagues. Such an approach helps to incre...
Preventing Occupational Injuries Based on Communicative Compatibility Assessment
Development and implementation of an automated software complex for assessing the communicative compatibility of workers in teams. The complex identifies leadership qualities, evaluates the psychological climate, and suggests optimal shift compositions to reduce conflicts and the risk of occupational injuries.
Transformation of the River Workers' Safety Culture
Transformation of safety culture in a shipping company through a systematic approach, including top management engagement, HSE function restructuring, the GOSA communication project, and interactive training formats. Digitized production control checklists were implemented, ensuring incident data transparency.
"Well-being" Program: Reducing Fatigue, Restoring Social Connections
A comprehensive employee well-being program aimed at reducing stress and fatigue through work with the body, emotions, and social connections. Includes low-budget initiatives: sports challenges, relaxation rooms, art therapy, birdsong audio albums, and horizontal recognition practices.
24/7 Philosophy: Safety as a Habit
The article focuses on a 24/7 safety culture encompassing both the production environment and the employees' everyday domestic lives. The author describes the company's reactive and preventive measures and explains the connection between safe habits at home and behavior at work. According to the data presented in the article, during the first nine months of 2025, the domestic injury rate decreased by 22% compared to 2023.